Liz Quackenbush

Artist Statement

Over time I’ve developed a non-hierarchical vocabulary of imagistic
inventions that embrace the salient features of many stylistic
languages. In the midst of these I’ve found that it is my profound and
personal immersion in nature that allows me to discover oddly familiar
truths in each. I believe that I’m able to move between these
languages easily, and without affectation, because the visceral
realities of the natural world exist for all of us equally and may, if one
is able to embrace them fully, serve as an interpretive bridge of great
depth and resonance. Embellished functional pottery forms remind
people of their proximity to the remarkable world of plants and
animals.

Artist Bio

Liz Quackenbush is a Professor of Art at the Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA; where she has worked for the past 19 years. Her work has been included in the Minnesota Pottery Tour for the past 14 years. She has taught at numerous craft schools, lectured at universities nationally, and participated in residencies in the U.S. and abroad. Liz enjoys gardening, baking bread, and spending time in her studio exploring the grounds of functional pottery.